A gem is a physical object which can be converted directly to Shmuckers by a caster, warlord or ruler. Shmuckers cannot be made into gems, except by a Moneymancer.

Well, that's cool. New info for us. There's no third party buying gems, it just poofs from gem to shmuckers. But...

Note that Rob used the term Ruler. He found the term did not have a page on the Wiki, instead finding us using "Overlord".

Here's why, I think... Klog 5. "Only one overlord per side. Overlord sets production for all cities."

Later, we have Klog 10. Gone is the term Overlord, now it's Ruler. "Some may disobey if the believe the order goes against higher orders or the Ruler's interests."

So, this is what I think we were supposed to believe. Parson first met Stanle, an Overlord. He lacked knowledge of Royals, so had no reason to know that Overlord wasn't the term for all Side leaders. No, he later finds out Overlords are non-Royal side leaders, and Royalists call themselves Kings (or Tsar, or Don, or something else). So he now uses the term Ruler to refer to a Side's leadership, regardless of Royalty. We, however, don't get in on that insight, and so it looks like Ruler and Overlord are interchangeable.

So, hopefully Rob will clarify. If Ruler is correct, I'll fix the Wiki, if no one beats me to it.

King/overlord (or other befitting title signifying the overall leader of the faction (Stanley - overlord, Saline - King)Chief Warlord (Parson/ansom/others who 'can' do the work if the overall ruler is not available)Overall those are the top two positions.

Encumbrance. You can probably carry and move a highly valuable gem more easily than its equivalent in schmuckers. If Stanley had a moneymancer then maybe he could have escaped with Goblin Knob's treasury, and Wanda wouldn't have been able to convince him to buy the Parson spell.

On a side note... what makes you think Stanley isn't Level 10 or even much higher? He's described as winning battles for Saline using his dwagons and Arkenhammer, which puts him in the thick of the fighting, both gaining XP for killing things and winning battles as Warlord/Chief Warlord. Stanley may not be a good strategist, but he hits really, really hard. He's probably the highest level character in play right now, and probably the best one-on-one combatant.

I strongly suspect that Stanley is stone hard in combat. He used to win lots of battles for poor old Saline IV. Stanley's real problem, I feel, is that he is a victim of the Peter Principle, which states that 'in a hierarchy every employee tends to rise to his level of incompetence.' He was likely a quite good Piker, an effective Warlord and a very decent Chief Warlord as long as he had someone to give him orders that made sense -- but totally out of his depth once he ascended to the very top. This is unfortunately not uncommon, especially not in military hierarchies.

On a side note... what makes you think Stanley isn't Level 10 or even much higher? He's described as winning battles for Saline using his dwagons and Arkenhammer, which puts him in the thick of the fighting, both gaining XP for killing things and winning battles as Warlord/Chief Warlord. Stanley may not be a good strategist, but he hits really, really hard. He's probably the highest level character in play right now, and probably the best one-on-one combatant.

Well, don't forget that Stanley was riding a dragon at the time, with an Akentool, and was dance fighting too. I'm sure Stanley is around level 10. But Rob has also said the leveling curve is like a logarithmic one, and levels like 10 and 11 are very difficult to achieve. Level 20 is "unheard of" I think he said. So Stanley could be around level 10 but it's unlikely he's much higher. I'm sure Jetstone was sending their best troops to get Stanley. So I'd guess that level 10 is close to the maximum practical level.

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Well, don't forget that Stanley was riding a dragon at the time, with an Akentool, and was dance fighting too. I'm sure Stanley is around level 10. But Rob has also said the leveling curve is like a logarithmic one, and levels like 10 and 11 are very difficult to achieve. Level 20 is "unheard of" I think he said. So Stanley could be around level 10 but it's unlikely he's much higher. I'm sure Jetstone was sending their best troops to get Stanley. So I'd guess that level 10 is close to the maximum practical level.

He isn't shown Dance-fighting in Faq in 160, but that's irrelevant. If he can, it's part of himself and it makes him a better combatant.

The dwagons, well, how often are we going to see a one-on-one between two individuals in this place? Stanley and his dwagons destroyed Faq wholesale. In a single Turn. But dwagons are hardly overpowering: Jillian kills unwounded dwagons, as well as wounded ones. But if winning battles confers XP on Stanley as Warlord (suggested by his comments to Parson about Warlords not getting XP if they retreat), then those dwagons are going to carry him to higher level. And that's what I was asking about... why think he's lower level? Dwagons win, so he gets XP. Arknehammer massacres a stack of enemies, he gets XP for killing and XP for winning the battle. The Arkenhammer and dwagons are a means for him to gain XP where others would lose: that should make him higher level, regardless of not being Royal with a different XP curve.

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